Dec 13th 2019

Bonader

@ Swedish American Museum

5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

Opening Friday, December 13th, from 10AM - 4PM

On view through Sunday, January 12th

Exhibit Opens, Friday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m.
Exhibit Closes, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, 4 p.m

One of the most remarkable examples of Scandinavian folk art is the painted picture indigenous to the Swedish peasant home. The commonly used name for these peasant paintings is bonader, and their provenance was to decorate the walls and ceilings of the homes at Christmas time and on feast days, thus adding a note of color and gaiety to the otherwise dark interiors.

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